Sash-fastener.



A. SKIBIGKI.

SASH FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 8, 1913.

1 1 02 092 Patented June 30, 1914 3W ASKBICKI COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 60.,WASHINGTON. D. C

ANTONN SKIBIOKI, or GU LY, MINNESOTA.

SASI-I-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 30, 1914.

Application filed December 8, 1913. Serial No. 805,390.

To all u /10m it may concern Be it known that I, AN'roNN SKIBioKI, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gully, in the county of Polk and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in sash fasteners, and has for its primary object to provide a simple, effective and durable device of this character whereby the window sash may be easily and quickly locked in position in its frame or released for vertical sliding movement.

The invention has for another and more specific object to provide a pair of spring held movable locking rods normally disposed in their locking positions and projecting from opposite sides of the sash into sockets or recesses in the frame, and means mounted upon the sash for simultaneously withdrawing the locking rods from said sockets whereby the sash is released for sliding movement.

My invention has for another of its objects to produce a sash fastener of the above character which may be readily applied to the window sash without necessitating any material alteration therein or in the window frame, and which is highly efficient in operation and serviceable for the purpose in view.

\Vith the above and other objects in view as will become apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions, combinations and arrange ments of the parts that I shall heremafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention,

reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of a window show- 1ng my improved locking device applied t the sash thereof. Fig. 2 is a section taken on:

the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 33 of Fig, 1.

Referring in detail to the drawing, 5 designates the window frame and 6 and 7 the upper and lower sashes respectively, which are mounted for sliding movement in the frame in any ordinary or approved manner. Upon the top rail of the lower sash a suitable frame is secured, said frame including a horizontal bar 8, vertical end bars 9,

and the diagonally disposed bars 10 which connect the upper ends of the bars 9 to the base or horizontal bar 8. The bar 8 is secured by suitable fastening screws or analogous devices, indicated at 11, to the rail of the sash. Spaced rods 12 are fixed in each end of the horizontal bar 8 and between the upper ends of these rods, one end of a rod 13 is pivotally mounted. This rod eX- tends through a longitudinal slot 1% provided in the diagonally disposed bar 10. Upon opposite sides of the rod13, springs 15 and 16 are arranged, the spring 15 being of greater strength than the lower spring 16. The opposed ends of these springs are suitably connected to the rod 13 and the other ends thereof are attached to the vertical bar 9 and the horizontal bar 8 respectively of the frame.

17 designates the locking rods, one of which is hingedly connected as at 20, to each of the rods 18. The other or outer ends of the locking rods 17 pass through suitable guide openings 21 in the vertical frame bars 9 and are adapted to be received in sockets 22 formed in the vertical side bars of the.

ends of a fine chain or wire 28 are attached.

The central portion of this wire extends through the opposite side walls of the casing 23 and. through an opening 29 provided in the shaft 241.

From the above description the operation of my invention will be fully and clearly understood. When it is desired to release the sash for sliding movement inits frame, the operator turns the shaft 24 by winding the oppositely extending portions of the chain or wire 28 upon the shaft 24. The upper inner ends of the rods 13 are thereby pulled downwardly, the same moving freely in the slots 14 of the frame bars 10. In this movement of the rods 13, the locking rods 17 are pulled inwardly as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, so that their outer ends are disengaged from the sockets or recesses 22 in the window frame. Thus the sash may freely move vertically in its frame. W] hen the sash is in closed position, and it is acsired to lock the same, the operator simply disengages the pawl 27 from the teeth of the ratchet 26 and the springs 15 then act to return the rods 13 to their normal positions and thereby force the locking rods outwardly into the recesses of the window frame. The weaker springs 16 serve to counteract the action of the springs 15 and prevent a violent outward throw of the looking rods.

By means of my improved sash fastener, the sash may be easily, quickly and securely locked in its closed position so that sliding movement thereof in the frame is absolutely prevented.

The device as a whole comparatively simple in its construction and may be produced at small manufacturing cost, and it is also capable of application to the sash of the Window without necessitating the cmployment of skilled labor or requiring any extensive alterations in the construction of the window frame or the sash.

While I have above described the pre ferred construction an d arrangement of the several elements of mv invention, it will be understood that the device is susceptible of considerable modification without departing from the essential characteristics thereof, and I therefore reserve the privilege of resorting to all such legitimate changes may be fairly embodied within the spirit and scope of the invention, as claimed.

I claim:

1. The combination with a window frame and sash mounted therein, of a pair of rods pivotally mounted at one of their ends upon the sash, locking rods connected. to said pivoted rods and laterally movable upon the sash, the window frame being provided with sockets to receive the outer ends of said locking rods, springs connected to the pivoted rods to yieldingly hold the same against movement and maintain the locking rods in their locking positions, and means mounted upon the sash and. connected to the other ends of the pivoted rods for moving said rods against the action of the springs to withdraw the locking'rods from the sockets in the frame.

2. The combination with a window frame and sash mounted therein, of diagonally disposed rods pivotally mounted at one of their ends upon the sash, laterally movable locking rods pivotally connected at their inner ends to the intermediate portions of said diagonal rods, the window frame being provided with recesses to receive the outer ends of the locking rod, a spring connected to each of the diagonal rods to yieldingly hold the same against movement and maintain the locking rod in its locking position, an additional spring connected to each of the diagonally disposed rods to counteract the action of said first named spring, and

means mounted upon the window sash and connected to the inner ends of the diagonal rods to move the same and withdraw the locking rods from engagement in the recesses of the Window frame.

3. The combination with a window frame and sash mounted. therein, of a frame secured upon the sash including a horizontally disposed base bar, vertical end bars and diagonal bars connecting the end bars to said base bar, each of said latter bars being provided with a slot, rods pivotally mounted at one of their ends upon the base bar and extending through the slots in said diagonal bars, locking rods pivotally connected at their innerends to the first named rods, the outer ends of said locking rods being mounted above the vertical bars of said frame, the window frame being provided with sockets to receive said locking rods,

springs connected to the first named rods to yieldingly hold the same against movement and maintain the locking rods in their locking positions, a shaft centrally mounted upon said base bar, a flexible element centrally connected to the shaft and having its ends attached to the inner ends of the respective first named rods whereby said flexible element is adapted to be wound upon the shaft when the same is rotated to move said rods against the 1 action of the springs and withdraw the I locking rods from the recesses in the window frame, and means for holdlng said shaft against reverse rotation.

in testimony whereof I hereunto afhx my signature in the presence of two witnesses. ANTONN SKIBIGKI.

Witnesses A. STARK, AUG. Qorrrrnrnu.

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